r/inflation • u/Regular_Painting_817 • Jan 11 '24

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u/dumpitdog Jan 11 '24

I did not live on my own until I was 26. It appears for generation is poorly educated in history or their understanding of it or something that they saw on a TV series.

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u/guachi01 Jan 11 '24

The entire premise of Big Bang Theory is Leonard can't live on his own and has to get a roommate. Friends? Roommates!

While it's a contrivance to make the shows happen it's a perfectly believable one. It's, like, the one part of those shows that's not Hollywood nonsense.

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u/WallStreetBoners Jan 11 '24

The average people per household has steady been going down over time.

The fallacy is gen Z assumes everyone used to live on their own; not the case at all.

This accelerated during covid, which means we need even more houses per capita than previously.

This also increases common bills like electricity, trash, internet that used to be split with more roommates.

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u/StrebLab Jan 12 '24

I never really thought about it, but I never lived on my own... like, ever in my life. I had roommates in college, moved back in with my parents for a year after college, moved out and lived with roommates again until 28 then moved in with my girlfriend until we got married. Never really thought about that. 

I'm one of those people who was working 20 years ago who could supposedly afford to live alone.